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Mckenzie McRoberts Mrs. Dreckmann 12/10 California My state is is California. California’s birthdate is September 9th, 1850. California number is 31 in the union. California nickname is The Golden State. The capital of California is Sacramento. The major cities are L.A., San Diego, and San Jose. One major geographic feature is Klamath Mountains and they are located in the western United States. California neighboring states are Nevada, Arizona, and Oregon. The main rivers of California are the…

Tomorrow is spring season, tomorrow is a another day. The first day of spring season in America come in tomorrow March 20, but the cold weather winter still not exited. I came back to the United States on Feb 15, 2016. I have living in San Jose, California past two month. California the weather changing, bringing in many rains days and nights. California has worse drought history in the past eight years since I left this state on Sep 09, 2008. California has water shortages because drought, but…

The western region of the United States has faced several droughts over the years. Recently, the region has been inflicted with one of the most severe droughts since the dust bowl period. Citizens of the state are now being forced to use conservation efforts in order to reduce water usage and it’s been successful to an extent. However, among all this, Nestlé and it’s Arrowhead brand of bottled water have recently been under fire for extracting over 25,000,000 gallons of water each year for $524…

9 Lifestraw Go Personal Water Purifier Water Bottle Hikers, campers and trekkers know that water is one of the most important and heaviest supplies carried. This Lifestraw Go Personal Water Purifier Water Bottle dramatically cuts the amount of water carried, since it turns water from lakes, rivers and streams into safe drinking water. Constructed of food-grade plastic, the bottle holds 650 mls of water at a time and filters up to 1000 liters over the life of the replaceable filter. It…

INTRODUCTION This report examines on the issue of droughts that has been affecting businesses in Central Valley and businesses that depend on agricultural resources. The purpose of this report is to provide information in what ways droughts are affecting businesses and what small or intermediate steps to take. Recommendations are there to give insights on how to help businesses and people in general. When much Water is Missing? Central Valley is not the only region that is being affected by…

The prevention of the Asian Carp in the United States has been long standing battle. While first introduced as a food-fish and now for sport, Asian Carp is now viewed as an invasive species. In the summer of 2007 the U.S. Department of the Interior invoked the Lacey Act. In 2012, Congress implemented the “Stop Invasive Species Act”. This act charges the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to increase the speed of their strategies of controlling the invasion. Urgency is required due to the fact that the…

TACS agrees to abide and uphold all state and federal laws concerning the identification and education of students with disabilities as noted in Appendix B of the RFP- Special Education Assurances. Special education services are available to any students with a mental, physical, or emotional impairment which adversely affects his or her educational performance. TACS will locate, identify and evaluate all children with disabilities from birth through age 21. The Child Find mandate applies to…

Desertification in Lake Chad Desertification is occurring globally especially in the sub-Saharan desert. One of the biggest examples if what is happening is the disappearance of Lake Chad. Lake Chad is located on the border of 4 Sub-Saharan countries: Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon. It was one of the biggest bodies of water in all of Africa. Its disappearance will greatly impact the countries surrounding it as they depended very much on what the lake provided from water to fish. So What is…

Residential reverse osmosis systems have been around for the last thirty years or so. When people first started to realize that their drinking water might be contaminated, they turned to existing reverse osmosis technology to treat their water. At first it seemed like a great way to purify your water. Yet, over the years, the popularity of residential reverse osmosis systems has steadily decreased. There are three reasons for this. The first reason is the recognition that reverse osmosis strips…

lthough greywater systems offer some relief to the water crisis in California, it also poses several dilemmas to the public such as high costs to build and maintain, and an influx of harmful pathogens in the water supply. There are plenty of different corporations that install greywater systems such as Greywater Corps or Greywater Action. Greywater Corps demands a price of $1000 to install laundry systems. According to Greywater Action “laundry to landscape installation price ranges from $700 to…